Jeep Cherokee 2000 Service Manual - page 51
(4) Press the bearing cap into the yoke bore
enough to install a snap ring.
(5) Install a snap ring.
(6) Repeat Step 3 and Step 4to install the opposite
bearing cap. If the joint is stiff or binding, strike the
yoke with a soft hammer to seat the needle bearings.
(7) Add grease to lube fitting, if equipped.
(8) Install the propeller shaft.
DOUBLE CARDAN JOINT
DISASSEMBLY
Individual components of cardan universal joints
are not serviceable. If worn or leaking, they must be
replaced as an assembly.
(1) Remove the propeller shaft.
(2) Using a soft drift, tap the outside of the bear-
ing cap assembly to loosen snap ring.
(3) Remove all the bearing cap snap rings (Fig. 23).
(4) Set the joint in an arbor press or vise with a
socket whose inside diameter is large enough to
receive the bearing cap positioned beneath the link
yoke.
(5) Place
a
socket
with
an
outside
diameter
smaller than the upper bearing cap on the upper
bearing cap and partially press one bearing cap from
the outboard side of the link yoke enough to grasp
the bearing cap with vise jaws (Fig. 24). Be sure to
remove grease fittings that interfere with removal.
(6) Grasp the protruding bearing by vise jaws. Tap
the link yoke with a mallet and drift to dislodge the
bearing cap from the yoke (Fig. 25).
(7) Flip assembly and repeat Step 4, Step 5, and
Step 6 to remove the opposite bearing cap. This will
then allow removal of the cross centering kit assem-
bly and spring (Fig. 26).
(8) Press the remaining bearing caps out the other
end of the link yoke as described above to complete
the disassembly.
Fig. 22 Install Bearing On Trunnion
1 – BEARING CAP
2 – TRUNNION
Fig. 23 Remove Snap Rings
Fig. 24 Press Out Bearing
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PROPELLER SHAFTS
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DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY (Continued)